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Local TLS Trust on Ubuntu 26.04: Caddy, Python, and Chrome in a Sovereign Dev Stack

May 04, 2026

Local TLS Trust on Ubuntu 26.04: Caddy, Python, and Chrome in a Sovereign Dev Stack

A practical record of the problems we encountered establishing local TLS trust across two Ubuntu machines running Caddy, Python, and Chrome — and what is required to fix each layer correctly.

Axolotl on Ubuntu 26.04 for Ryzen AI Max+ 395: ROCm 7.2, bitsandbytes and gfx1151 fixes

April 25, 2026

Axolotl on Ubuntu 26.04 for Ryzen AI Max+ 395: ROCm 7.2, bitsandbytes and gfx1151 fixes

Step-by-step fixes for Axolotl LoRA fine-tuning on a Geekom A9 with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (gfx1151) on Ubuntu 26.04: ROCm 7.2 PyTorch nightlies, building bitsandbytes from source, and the Axolotl configuration that works.

Installing Ubuntu 26.04 on the Geekom A9: Fixing BIOS Boot Loops and NVMe Failures

April 17, 2026

Installing Ubuntu 26.04 on the Geekom A9: Fixing BIOS Boot Loops and NVMe Failures

A practical guide to installing Ubuntu 26.04 on the Geekom A9 with Ryzen AI Max+ 395, including fixes for BIOS boot loops, NVMe failures, and network configuration issues.

Agentic Intelligence Risk Management: Treating AI Agents as Third-Party Vendors

April 02, 2026

Agentic Intelligence Risk Management: Treating AI Agents as Third-Party Vendors

RiskNodes is now open source and repositioned as an Agentic Intelligence Risk Management platform — applying twenty years of vendor-assessment discipline to the challenge of governing AI-generated code.

Making Tabular Data AI-Friendly

March 06, 2026

Making Tabular Data AI-Friendly

Tables are everywhere in due diligence and risk assessment, yet LLMs cannot read them. Untabulate, our open-source Python library, flattens table cells into semantically rich strings that language models can actually use.

How a Dogma About Language Stalled AI for Fifty Years

February 24, 2026

How a Dogma About Language Stalled AI for Fifty Years

In 1955 a small Cambridge lab had the right ideas about computational language. Then Noam Chomsky's revolution swept them aside — and it took half a century, and vastly more powerful hardware, to prove the original intuition correct.

How Pairwise Comparison Reveals Fuzzy Questions

November 18, 2025

How Pairwise Comparison Reveals Fuzzy Questions

RiskNodes's new consistency tracking reveals when assessment criteria are insufficiently fine-grained, transforming pairwise comparison from a scoring tool into a question-design diagnostic.

From Procurement to Platform: How Third-Party Risk Management Grew Up

October 23, 2025

From Procurement to Platform: How Third-Party Risk Management Grew Up

A look at how vendor selection has evolved from traditional procurement to integrated third-party risk management — and how modern, API-driven platforms are reshaping assessment and assurance processes.

When the Computer Stops Being the Bottleneck - AI, Customisation, and the New Division of Labour

October 15, 2025

When the Computer Stops Being the Bottleneck - AI, Customisation, and the New Division of Labour

How generative AI reshapes enterprise software by letting users customise behaviour through language, and why RiskNodes’s CEL-based design fits the AI-assisted future.

The Age of Connected Assurance - Why Integration Matters More Than Ever

October 04, 2025

The Age of Connected Assurance - Why Integration Matters More Than Ever

As risk data multiplies, integration—not lock-in—defines the new assurance ecosystem. How open platforms, CEL policies, and AI make data truly usable.